Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-12-15
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

0u1OtIc tu tue "a OCSChAOOs Il AA
old cOlored man by the name OF Harrison
Tut and Edwin Weldon, young white
man, had slight disagreement over some
triflng matter, when Weldon went into his
tent near at hand, got his revolver and
shot Tut five times, causing death IN q lew
moments. Both men were working on the
street grading force. We.den had been in
Wyandotte but a few months, coming from
Indian Territory, and Boosted c. being
cowboy. He was jailed.
j. N. COM will plant 12OO) forest trees
and fifty bushels OF walnuts on his farm IN
Sherman County this fall.
WHILE recently digging a well on the
farm OF Henry Metz, near TOnsanoxie
workmen struck a vein of coal of superior
quality, reported to be four feet thick. l,
was thought to be a valuable find.
WILLIAM WARRINGTON, of Armourdale. q
switchman, was killed by the cars III the
Santa Fe yards the other day.
JESSE N. THOMPSON. prominent con
tractor ana builder, suicided by shooting
himself with Il revolver at Topeka the
other night. He had become financiai "
involved and his wife AMI children had re
turne to relatives in Ohio, which 1t was
thought led to the act.
A LATE fire at Brookville destroyed the
Lawrence House, six business houses and
three dwellings,. Fireman Brimer, Of
Wamego; Brakeman Harrigan, of Wamego
Mr.. Farnsworth, of Lincoln. and an un'
known man were burned to death. The re-
mains were found in the ruins of the ho' Ell
Charles Moss was badly burned. A lady
with chilli in her arms jumped from the
awning to the ground safely. ALI the
guests who got out did so by jumping from
the windows IN the second story.
FRANK HURLBURT. u blind boy who grad
uated from the Blind Institute at Wyan.
dotte, now holds homestead claim in Stan.
ton County.
RAILWAY postal service has been estab-
lished on the line Of the Chicago, Kansas 4
Western railroad, between Madison and
Benedict, distance of fOrty-six miles.
AT the late convention of the Episcopal
Church, held at Topeka, the diocese of Kan.
sas was divided into four convocations OF
deaneries, and Bishop Vail made the fol
lowing appointments: Dean of the north.
east convocaton, Rev. Abiel Leonard Atch-
ison; dean of the southeast cOnvOcat;en,
Rev. Richard Ellerhe, of Parsons; dean OF
the northwest convOcation, Rev. W. II.
Christian. of Abilene; dean of the south
OF Wichita.
A CALL has been issued for meeting of
the Southwest Kansas Republican Editorial
Association at Garden City on Monday,
December IS.
john IT, JONES, an attorney from Chica-
go, was in Wyandotte recently circulating
a petition against the confirmation of G. II.
j. Taylor, the colored man Of Wyandotte,
-bo tn 4 he, H.,
President Cleveland after the adjournment
Of Congress.
IT is said that an alarming scarcity OF
coal exists in Western Kansas, and that
the famine is due partially to the refusal Of
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe to fur
nlsh a sufficient amount of cars.
PAUL BLooHM, aged seventy-eight, a
pioneer and part owner of the Demonico
Hotel at Leavenworth, kissed his daughter
and grandchild goodbye about nine O'Clock
the o,her night. walked into the yard i'll
the rear of the hotel and shot himself
through the heart, dying almost instantly.
A few minutes befO. e lie had two friends
sign document, written in German, which
afterwards proved to be will, leaving all
his property to relatives ami friends. No
cause could be assigned for the act except
mental alteration.
FRANK CUNNINGHAM, a wealthy young
man OF Madison, Ind, who had been at
Wichita for about a year, was accidentally
killed in Sedgwick County the other day
by his friend Clarence Howe, of New York
City. The two young men, with third,
were out hunting and in climbing over Il
fierce HOwe's gun was discharged, the load
entering Cunningham's leg just below the
knee. He died shortly afterward from loss
Of blood.
THE noted Wyandotte train-wrecking
prosecutions, growing out of the great
strike OF 1856, came to an ignOminious end
in the District Court Of Wyandotte County
the other day, the cases against Robert
Grecrs, Michael Leary and o. j. Lloyd, for
The murder of the wrecked trains engineer
and brakeman, being dismissed by the
State, anl the men set at liberty.
A FIRE at Fredonia the other morning
consumed four small business houses on
the southwest corner of the public square.
Fully insured.
HENRY PHELPS, miner, was killed in the
coal mines at Frontenac the other after
noon. He was returning with the dirt cart,
when he, by some nischance, ran upon the
wrong track, and reaching the mouth of
the shaft was precipitated with the car to
the bottom Of the shaft, the fall killing
him instantly.
A EoLD robbery was committed in broad
daylight at Topeka the other day. While
W. s. Thompson and family were at dinner
robbers entered his residence and carried
off several gold watches, jewelry and sil.
verwarc Mr.. Thompson saw two young
men leave the house, but supposed they
had been delivering goods.
A. NJ LOMBARD, residing near Kincaid,
was seriously injured the other day by the
explosion of a can of powder, while in his
hands. He had been blasting and was
moving away from the fuse which he had
lighted, when by some unknown means,
the powder in the can was ignited. His
injuries were thought to be fatal.
Six buildings on Marsh avenue, at kins-
lev, two of which constituted the Carlin
House, were destroyed by fire the other
night. Loss. $500; insurance, 5000.
AT nine O'clock on the morning of the
5th j. E. Johnson, wealthy citizen OF
Wichita, shot aud killed his wife and then
committed suicide. Johnson had been ill
with consumption for several months and
It was thought he had become mentally
deranged.
The Lane County Bank, at Dighton, re-
Gently suspended.
w. w. SANDERS lately attempted suicide
at Hutchinson. He was demented and
labored under the hailucinatiOn that he had
burned the stock yards at Wichita
ATCHIsoN claims TO have population OK
q. 900.
holland is the name Of new post-ofice
lately established in Ford County.
THERE are 4, O,D Swedes in Kansas.
IHE old settlers Of Shawnee County cele-
brate d the ann. versary of the founding OF
the city Of Topeka on the 9Th with music,
speeche, and supper at the Copeland
House, Topeka